illiquid
/ɪˈlɪk.wɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈlɪk.wɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)i(l)-ˈlik-wəd/ (ame, mw)
illiquid — 形容詞
- illiquidpositive
- more illiquidcomparative
- most illiquidsuperlative
1. describes an asset or investment that exists as something other than cash and ta
非流動性
無法快速轉換為現金的
describes an asset or investment that exists as something other than cash and takes a long time to sell without accepting a much lower price. For example, a house or a piece of land takes much longer to sell than shares in a company, so it is an illiquid asset.
Andre wanted to sell his apartment quickly, but he soon learned that real estate is a highly illiquid asset.
Andre 想趕快賣掉他的公寓，但他很快發現房地產是一種高度非流動性的資產。
illiquid + noun (asset, investment)
The pension fund held most of its money in illiquid investments like private company shares.
該退休基金把大部分資金投入非流動性投資項目，例如私人公司的股票。
held most of its money in illiquid investments
Because the stock market was falling, many investors found themselves stuck with illiquid positions they could not sell.
由於股市持續下跌，許多投資人發現自己卡在無法脫手的非流動性持倉中。
Chitra's startup owned valuable patents, but those were illiquid assets that could not pay the staff salaries.
Chitra 的新創公司擁有價值不斐的專利，但這些是非流動性資產，無法用來支付員工薪資。
An illiquid market means there are very few buyers or sellers, so a trade may take days to complete.
非流動性市場意味著買家或賣家極少，一筆交易可能得花上好幾天才完成。
- non-cash
broader term; any asset that is not cash, even if easily sold (e.g., stocks are non-cash but liquid — less precise)
- unmarketable
focused on the lack of buyers rather than the difficulty of converting to cash
- frozen
informal; suggests the asset is legally or practically trapped and cannot be moved at all, not just slow to convert
- liquid
direct opposite — describes assets that can be turned into cash quickly without significant loss of value
- cash-equivalent
narrower antonym; assets so close to cash they can be used like money
文法句型
illiquid + noun (asset, investment, market)
用法筆記
Frequently paired with financial nouns such as 'assets', 'investments', 'market', 'securities', or 'positions'. The opposite is 'liquid', which describes assets that can be quickly turned into cash (e.g., publicly traded stocks, cash itself).